Combination cigarette case and lighter



i 4. H. HAMMOND. JR

COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER Filed April 30, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheer.

III/l/l/I/ Se t. 24,1929. .1. H. HAMMOND, JR 2 COMBINATION CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER Filed April 30, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 :Patente d Sept. 24, 1929 I I UNITED STATES'PAT'ENT ori ice"- COMBINATION cmannrrn'cnsn m LIGHTER Application filed April 30, 1927. Serial No. 187,797.

This invention relates to cigarette devices. partment. The lidll'tends to be forced into One object of the present invention is to the open position shown in Fig. 1 by springs provide a convenient cigarette holder and such as 12, shown twoin number, and is-pro-. I lighter therefor arranged within a single com- 'Vided with a lug 13, at the free end of .the

5 pact container and including automatic lid 11, which engages in the closedposition 55 means operahle in the natural sequence of of the cover a spring-pressed latch 14. The extracting a cigarette and resetting the conlatch 14: is positioned on the free end of a leaf" tainer cover. 4 spring 15, the other end of which is secured One feature of the invention relates to the to the inner face of the casing 10. A button provision of a pair of hinged covers for the .16 extends through an aperture in the wall of 60 device, one associated with the cigarette holdthe casing and when depressed manually ing portion, and the other associated with the serves to release thelid 11. pair of strips lighting portion. According to this feature, 17 and 18 are yieldingly held within the casfriction lightingmeans are provided, actuing 10 and its lid 11. respectively in order to atcd by movement of one of the covers, this maintain in fixed position a plurality of ciga- 65 movement being initiated upon the closing of rettcs, such as 20, 21. There is thus formed a the cover associated with the cigarette holdstorage compartment 22 for cigarettes.

ing portion. Thus, after one or more ciga- The lid 11 is provided near its free edge rettes have been extracted, one cover is rewith a pivotally mounted spring-pressed placed and this automatically releases the finger 23, rotatably mounted thereon. Aleaf 7 other cover, causing the friction lighting spring 24, secu'redat one end to the inner face means to operate. of the lid 11", engages at its other end the fin- Other objects will appear from the followger 23 so as to tend to rotate the finger 23 in ing description taken in connection with the a clock-wise direction, as seen in Fig. 2. In

25 accompanying drawings in which the closed position of the lid, as illustrated in Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section Fig. 2, such clock-wise movement of the fin- I of a cigarette container embodying features ger23 is efi'ectivly prevented by abutment of of the invention, with the storage compartthe finger on the inner surface of the lid.

ment open; The finger 23 is also arranged to engage'the Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the escapement ofabell crank lever 25. The bell 80 line 22 of Fig. 1; I crank lever 25 is pivoted as at 26 to the casing Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the 10. The other end of the bell crank lever is line 33 of Fig.1; provided 'with a catch for engaging the lug Fig. 4 is a front elevation partly in section 27 secured tdthe free end of a second hinged with the lighting compartment open; and cover 28, serving as a lid for the lighting com 8 Fig. 5 is a top plan vi, at with the lighting partment of the device. A leaf spring 29 ,1s compartment open.' 2 I provided, tendin to rotate the bell-crank Like reference charact rs denote likeparts lever 25 in a cloc -wise direction, as seen 1n in the several figures of the drawing. Fig. 2. a

' 40 II1 'tl]G folloi'ving description and claims, For automatically opening the lighting parts, characteristic features and functions compartment cover 28, there is provided a,

will be identified by specific means for conpair of spaced springs 30, each having oneend venience of expression, but they are intended secured to the casing 1( and havlng ts other to be as generic in their application to similar end in contact with the Inner face of. the cover 45 parts or equivalent construction as the artv 28. These springs exert a pressure against of c ment and a lighting compartment and having the shape-of a hook. The arm 33 is engaged .59 hinged thereto a lid 11 for the storage comby one end of a spring 34, the other end of will permit. q the cover 28, tending to open the cover. The Referring to thedrawings, there is shown cover is provlded with a bracket 32 to which a casing 10 divided into storage compart-' is pivoted an arm 33, having its free end 1n which is secured to the inner face of the. cover 28.

Rotatably mounted within the casing 10 is a toothed wheel 35, having a plurality of pins such as 36, positioned on one lateral face inspaced relation and arranged to be successively engaged by the hook-shaped pivoted element 33. The periphery of the wheel is provided with a plurality of teeth, which are in scraping contact with the surface of a flint 37. The flint 37 is held in intimate contact with the teeth of the wheel 35 by means of a spring 38, mounted within a recessed boss within the casing. A fuel tank 41 is positioned within the lighting compartment and is provided with a g'ooseneck tube 42 within which is a wick 43.' A cover or cap 44' is mounted on the inner face of the lid 28 in such position that when the lid is closed the cap 44 covers the wick 43 and effectively extinguishes the flame.

In operation, assuming that the fuel tank 41 has been supplied with a quantity offuel,

such as benzine or the like, and that ciga rettes have been placed within the storage compartment 22, the casing can be carried in the pocket or pocketbook without danger. When it is desired to light a cigarette the button 16 is depressed and the cover 11 automatically opens under the action of the springs 12. As the lid swin s open, the finger 23 carried thereby will e rotated in a counter-clockwise direction, 2, thus disengaging itself from lever 25. This action will not rotate the lever 25, which will continue to engage at its other end the lug 27, thus holding the cover 28 the bell-crank closed.

After one or more cigarettes-have been removed, the lid 11 is closed and the finger 23 then engages the curved end of the bellecrank lever 25, thereby rotatingit about its pivot 26 in a counter-clockwise direction. This releases the lug 27 and allows the cover 28 to swing open under the action of the springs 30. As it does so, the hooked end of the arm 33 engages'one of the pins 36 thereby rotating the toothed wheel 35 through a part of a revolution in counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Figs. 1 and4. As it does so, the teeth scrape the flint 37 and cause sparks to be produced, which strike the adjacent wick 43,

thus igniting it. The wick 43 is supplied with fuel from Within the tank 41.

After the cigarette is lighted from the burning wick, the cover 28 is closed and the cap 44 extinguishes the flame. The cover 28 Will be locked in closed'position by the lug 27 engagin the bell-crank lever 25, the latter having as shown in Fig. 2, under the control of the leaf spring 29. v I y The invention upon which this application is based is broader than the specific embodiment shown and described for the purpose of as seen in Fig.

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illustrating at least one of the ways in which it may be employed. The scope of the invention is therefore to be understood a's'not being 1. A cigarette device comprising in combination a casing having a hinged lid, a spring for automatically opening the lid, a latch for button for releasing the latch, a second hinged cover, a spring for automatically opening said last-named cover, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the casing, a spring-pressed finger on the first-named lid engaging one end of said bell-crank lever, a lug secured to the free end of said last-named cover and engaged by the other end of said bell crank lever, a hook shaped element pivotally secured to said last-named cover and actuated by movement thereof, a toothed wheel having spaced pins selectively engaged by the hook of said pivoted element, said wheel being rotatably mounted on the casing, a flint mounted on the casing and engaged by the teeth of said wheel, a lighting wick adjacent said flint, and a cap carried b the last-named cover for covering the wick 1n the closed position of the cover.

2. A cigarette device comprising in combination a container for cigarettes and a lighting device, each havin a hinged cover, and means for automatical y opening the cover of the lighting device when the container cover is closed.- I

3. Ina ci arette device a casing having two indepen ently movable covers, a lighting device automatically operated by the opening of one" of said covers and means actuated by the closing of the other of said covers for opening the first-named cover.

4. A cigarettedevice comprising in combination a container for cigarettes and a lighting device, each havin a hinged cover and means for automatically opening one cover when the other cover is closed.

5. In cigarette device acasing having two independently movable covers, a lighting device automatically operated by movement 0 locking the lid in closed position, a

one of said covers,'and means actuated by the 7 moving of the other of said covers for moving the first-named cover.

ing means tending to open the lid, manually operable'means for maintaining the lid in closed position, a second hinged cover, yielding means tending to open said last-named cover, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the casing and having one of its ends en gaged by the first-named lid, a lug secured to the free end of. the last-named cover engaged by the other end of the bell crank lever, and

friction lighting means actuated by movement of said last-named cover.

7. A cigarette device comprising in combination a two part casing forming. a storage compartment and a lighting compartment,

said storage compartment having a hinged lid, a spring for automatically opening the lid, a latch for locking the lid in closed position, a button for releasing the latch, a hinged lid for the lighting compartment, a spring for automatically opening said lighting compartmentlid, a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the casing, a spring pressed cam on the storage lid engaging one end of said bell crank lever, a lug secured to the free end 4 of said lighting compartment lid engaged by the other end of saidl'bell crank lever, a hook shaped element pivotally secured to the light-' ing compartment lid and actuated by movement thereof, a toothed wheel rotatably mounted on the casing, and having spaced pins selectively engaged by the hook of said pivoted element, a fiint mounted on the casing and engaged by the teeth of'said wheel, a lighting wick, means for pressing the flint into intimate contact with the Wheel, and a cap carried by the last-named cover for covering the wick. in the closed position of the Signed at Gloucester, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, this 18th day of April, A. D. 1927.

J OHNHAYS HAMMOND, JR. 

